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TI Observations of a Deep Submesoscale Cyclonic Vortex in the Arabian Sea
BT 
AF DE MAREZ, Charly
   CARTON, Xavier
   CORREARD, Stephanie
   L'HEGARET, Pierre
   MORVAN, Mathieu
AS 1:1;2:1;3:2;4:1;5:1;
FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;
C1 Univ Brest, Lab Oceanog Phys & Spatiale LOPS, IUEM, Plouzane, France.
   SHOM DOPS STM DTO, Toulouse, France.
C2 UBO, FRANCE
   SHOM, FRANCE
UM LOPS
IN WOS Cotutelle UMR
   copubli-france
IF 4.72
TC 20
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00695/80731/84552.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;submesoscale;observation;Arabian Sea;vortex
AB Submesoscale coherent vortices (SCVs) are numerous in high-resolution numerical simulations, but their observations are scarce. Among the few in situ available measurements of SCVs, a vast majority concern anticyclones. No cyclonic SCV with large dynamical Rossby number (|zeta/f| > 1) has ever been sampled. This suggested that such small cyclones may lack robustness. Here, we present in situ measurements of an intense cyclonic SCV in the Arabian Sea. This eddy lay at 600 m depth, with a Rossby numberRo=O(1)and a dynamical Rossby number|zeta/f| > 1.5. This cyclone was most likely generated at the mouth of the Gulf of Aden. It trapped and advected Red Sea Water, from there on. This highlights the role of deep SCVs in the spreading of salty waters across the Arabian Sea. 
PY 2020
PD JUN
SO Geophysical Research Letters
SN 0094-8276
PU Amer Geophysical Union
VL 47
IS 13
UT 000551465400037
DI 10.1029/2020GL087881
ID 80731
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